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RISRoad Roughness and Whole Body Vibration: Evaluation Tools and Comfort Limits
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: An important element of achieving quality in a road network is the control of vehicle vibration due to pavement roughness and road irregularities. Scientific literature and international standards suggest that we evaluate ...
Analysis of a Collapsed Long-Span Reinforced Concrete Roof in South Italy: Design Mistakes and Material Degradation
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: In 2004, during ordinary maintenance work, consisting of waterproofing a building located in the south of Italy, the long-span (14.5 m) in situ RC roof partially collapsed. The building, constructed in 1950, was in ...
Structural Analysis, Retrofitting Design, and In Situ Control of Permanently Damaged Long-Span Timber Beams of a Historical Building in the South of Italy
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: In 2018, under service conditions, excessive deflections were observed in the long-span timber beams of the first floor of the former Saint Elisabeth Monastery in Palermo (Italy). The building was constructed in the sixteenth ...
Retrofit of External Beam-Column Concrete Joints with Diagonally Crossed Reinforcement: Experimental and Analytical Investigations
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: Experimental research was carried out regarding the flexural behavior under cyclic reversal loading of six full-scale external beam-column concrete joints cast with plain concrete in the presence of shear reinforcements ...
Simplified Model of PC Concrete Beams with Corroded Strands in Highway Viaduct: Case Study and Analytical Modeling
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: In this paper, several cases of failure of prestressed reinforced concrete (PC) beams of a viaduct in Italy due to cable corrosion are presented. Therefore, a simplified model to determine the flexural response of corroded ...
Robustness Requirements for the Design of Plane Frames
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: As part of a safe design, which guarantees the stability of the structures against exceptional events and mistakes in the design or construction phase of the manufacture, it is necessary to study the robustness of structures. ...
External Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joints: Experimental Investigation, Analytical Prediction, and Simple Design Suggestions
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: Experimental research was carried out regarding the flexural behavior of three full-scale external beam-column concrete joints cast with plain concrete in the presence of shear reinforcements in the joint regions constituted ...
Shear Strength of RC Beams without and with Stirrups: Analytical Expressions and Comparison with Experimental Data
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: In this paper, some recent analytical expressions including those of codes for shear strength calculation of reinforced concrete (RC) beams without and with stirrups are discussed and verified against experimental data ...
Simple Analytical Procedure for Hand Calculation for the Push-Down Curve of RC Buildings with Lost Column on the First Floor
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The goal of this research was the analytical determination in a closed form of the linearized push-down curves of reinforced concrete (RC) buildings subjected to instantaneous lost of a column at the first floor. The ...
Collapse of Plate Girders with Inclined Stiffeners
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Extensive results of tests to collapse I‐section plate girders with stiffeners at various angles of inclination, along with an analytical interpretation of the results, are presented. A simple model for determining the ...